The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 23, 1910, Image 1
VOL. III. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLUMBIA, S. C., APRIL 239 1910. No. 24.
JOHN H. NEf
TO BE NEXT COACH.
Advisory Board Selects Virginian to
Iave Charge of Football.
An Old U. of Va. Player-Comes With
Hilh Recommendations.
At a meeting of the athletic advis
ory board recently, John I-. Neff, Jr.,
of Harrisburg, Va., field coach at the
University of Virginia last season, was
elected to coach Carolina's football
team next session.
Mr. Neff has an enviable record,
both as a football player and as a
coach. He began his career on the
gridiron at Bingham school, where he
was very successfit' at quarterback.
Later he went to the University of
Virginia, and played on the varsity
during his four years' course. Last
season he assisted Dr. W. A. Lambeth
in coaching Virginia's strong eleven
The back field was directly under his
charge, and he succeeding in making
it one of the strongest which Virginia
has ever put out.
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Scientific Expedition.
Last Saturday a body of eminent
scientists, twelve in number, jour
neyed up the canal to the locks for a
(lay's outing and for the purpose of
botanical and zoological research.
These celebrated scientists were none
others than the zoology class, under
the leadership of Dean A. C. Moore.
The following made the trip: Black
burn, Mobley, Crawford, 1oag, Wil
liams, Carothers, Sheppard, Hart,
Ferguson and Dean Moore.
Many new species were discovered
which will add much to the sciences.
Mr. Crawford, while digging in some
mud witi. a stick struck a beautiful
sphenodo- punctatus, which will be
mounted for the museum. Mr. Black
burn discovered in the mud the foot
print of a Chimpanzee anthropo
pithecus, the primordial ancestor of
man. Upon examination it was
proved that Mr. Mobley had stepped
in the mud, thus causing the foot
print.
Mr. Williams, while attempting to
shoot a Bascamion constrictor, which
had fallen in the boat from the trees
overhanging the bank, blew a hole
through the bottom. The boat sank
and the whole party had to swvim
ashore. The rest of the day was spent
in telling fish stories, even bigger than
those just told, and in eating a good
dinner. The party returned to the
city at (lark.
[The above was translated from
the handwriting of Mr. J. 0. Shep
pard by aid of the famous Rosetta
Stone]
VICTORIOUS GAMEC(
RETURN F1
Bring Back Scalps of Guilford
Lee*..-Game With V
Six straight victories! And three
of them on the road ! After due con
sideration, we beg to pronounce this
not half-bad. This beautiful sextette
was completed when Washington and
Lee University was mercilessly mis
handled by the hard-hearted Carolina
ball team. Reeking with the gore of
Guilford and V. P. I., ana entire!y un
willing to be defeated, the University
won out, 3-2. Due to a couple of in
field errors, W. & L. scored early in
the game. The rest of the scoring was
done by Carolina, thusly: in the 6th
inning, Belser doubled, went to third
on an error, and crossed the rubber on
Wideman's single. In the eighth the
game was labelled "Ours." With two
men on bases, Foxworth committed
high treason by colliding with the
sphere for two bases. (He afterwards
begged the Virginia pitcher's pardon.)
Both runners scored. Harper pitchcd
great ball, pulling out of two tight
places, and letting his opponents (lown
with five safeties. Score:
SoUrr CAROUNA.
AlB It 1B PO A E
Foxworth, 2Jlb.. . .1. 0 1 1 0 0
Belser, e. . .-... 4 1 '2 12 1 0
Wideman, 3b... ..4 0 1 1 4 0
McMillan, ss. t....4 0 1 ,3 1 1
Simpson, rf. ....4 0 0 0 0 0
1-avird, If. . . . . 4 0 0 1 0 0
Harper, p. . . . . ..4 0 0. 0 1 1
Waring, 1b.. . . . . 1 0 8 2 2
Watts, cf. ..... 3 1 0 2 0 0
Totals . . . . . ...13 3 5 97 9 4
WASHINWTON' AND 1,EE.
Al3 It 1I P0 A E
Waddill, cf. .... 4 0 0 0 0 0
Webster, rf.....3 1 2 0 1 0
Brown, 3b. ......4 1 1 3 2 1
Smith, 2b. . .... 4 0 1 1 2 0
Stras, lb. . . . . . . 4 0 0 11 0 0
Erwin, ss. . . . . . 4 0 0 1 0 1
W. EIrd, c. .. .. 3 0 0 9 0 0
Rectenwald, If. . . 3 0 1 1 1 0
J. Efird, p. . . . . 3 0 0 0 4 1
Totals . . . . . .32 2 5 27 9 :3
Score by innings:
Carolina . . . . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0-3
Washington and Lee. 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0-2
Sunmmary: Struck out, by Harper 9; by
Efird 8. Bases on balls, off Harper 1; off
Efnrd 1. Three-base hits, Rectenwald.
Two-base hits, Webster, Blelser, Foxworth.
Stolen bases, Webster, Brown. Wild pitch,
Efnrd. Left on bases, Washington and Lee
5; Carolina 3.
The second game of the trip also
wvas Carolina's. Not content wvith deC
feating Guilford, the home team in
vadled Virginia, and immediately
scalped V. P. 1L, duplicating the score
of the (lay before, 4..1. Wyce workedl
ICS
OMN ORTHERN TRIP.
V. P. 1. and Washington and
. M. I. Called Off.
oi the mound for Carolina, and ecte
brated the occasion by letting the Vir
ginians down with six scattered sin
gles. He also caused eight to disturb
the atmosphere in vain. Belser scored
the first run in the eighth on Waring'
timely safety. V. P. I. tied up mat
ters in their half of the iiming. In dhe
next round the game was dec.,-ie!.
Two Carolinians were anchored on the
bags, when "Tom" McMillan broke ip
a perfectly good game. "Mc" strde
mournfully to the plate, for lie was
sorry for the pitcher, but he knew that
he had to do it. The crucial moment
had arrived, and inl his hands lie hore
his favorite ax-hiandle. He swiuny
once, and the ball sailed peacefully
over the center fielder's head, on and
oil until it disappeared. The drive
was good for four sacks, and netted
three scores. Score by Innings:
Score: It H E
Carolina. . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3-t. 7 3
V. p. 1. . . . . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0-1 6 3
Batteries: Wyche end Belser; Retifer and
Legge. UImpires: Austin and Viwter.
The game with V. I. I., whica was
to have been played on Monday, was
called off by the manager of that teani.
The reason given was that an inspec
tion was to be made by an army officer
that afternoon, and the game wvotild
prove a conflict. The deal was rather
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Junior Laws Defeat Seniors.
liloodily battered by joyful jlunior.,
but unbroken inl spirit, the Senior law
class, in energetic exhibitions, went
down in a memorable, much-to-be-re
gretted, murderous, massacre. It is
rumored that the game was a frame up
in order to save the reputation of
Kirkland, the promising young twirler,
who goes to the New York Nationals
immediately after commencement.
The report, however, we wish to state,
is entirely without foundation. The
ringing in of McILeod was the only
act of the evening which savored of
professionalism. The thickset short
stop did bloody work with the
ludi(geon. He found the crafty Mc
D)onald for many triples. A startling
incident, viewecd wvith much interest by
Armericani scientists, wvas the run of
Julius E. Boggs, Jr., from center field
to the home plate. The exhibition of
bottled recfreshments in front of thle
grand stand is said to have caused this
passionate outburst of speed, the first
of which he has been guilty. The
final score was 11.
COLLEGE PRESS
ASSOCIATION MEETS.
Sixth Annual Convention Held in New
berry.
Twenty-Five Deledates From Stale
Colleges Present-Many Interest
Ind Speeches.
The College Press Association of
South Carolina hield its sixth annual
meeting in Newberry this week. The
convention assembled Thursdaty morn
ing in H olland Hall, at Newberry Col
lege, with President Alan Johnstone,
Jr., in the chair. Several very interest
ing speeches were made and were list
ened to with close attention by the
twenty-five or more delegates present.
Rev. J. Henry Harms, president of
Newberry College, made the addre.s
of welcome, and was followed by Prof.
S. J. Derrick, of Newberry, who made
a very able address on "The Business
Management of the College Maga
zine." The remainder of the morning
was devoted to the reutine business of
the convention.
At the afternoon session Prof. A. J.
1lowers, of Newberry, addressed the
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The Bonfire.
Oin Thirsday niglit a joyous aggre
gation, led by the renowned J. Shake
speare I Joey, heard of the victory over
Guilford and proceeded forthwith to
celebrate, each after his kind. 'Thw
musically inclined got together a most
unwieldly bunch of instruments and
rendered the air hideous with the most
melodious discords that ever tried to
conflict with each other. In response
to insistent calls, Professor Colcock
malde one of his ringing athletic
specehes, and the rah-rah crowd pro
"ceded up town and from thence to the
two girls' colleges, which were bon
harded with volleys of yells, partly in
honour of the team, of course. but
mostly in honour of the fair occupants.
The celebration ended with a mnrder
ous lookingbonfire near the monument.
of salmon-pink memory, in vhich all
the trash on the campus was consumed.
Great is Diana of the Ephesians! May
tle team live long and prosper. Del
enda est the Citadel!
Citadel Here Today.
At four o'clock todlay on Davis
Field, Carolina will again take on t)
Citadel -for another game. Th'lis s
Carolina's second game wvith the e.a
(lets, but as the other was played in
Charleston, it is the first chance the
local rooters will have to see the two
State teams p)lay. It promises to be a
hotly contestedl game and a large
crowd should be not to se it